Two nurses are facing charges following the death of a six-year-old boy at Leicester Royal Infirmary

Two nurses involved in the care of a six-year-old boy who died in hospital are facing charges from the Nursing Midwifery Council.

Registered nurse Theresa Monica Taylor and agency nurse Isabel Maria Amaro are to appear before a hearing of the council in London following the death of Jack Adcock, of Glen Parva, three years ago.

Jack was suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting, which developed into pneumonia, when he was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary on the morning of February 18, 2011.

However, the seriousness of the youngster's illness was not detected and he went into cardiac arrest 10 hours later.

An inquest into his death, held last July, was adjourned for legal reasons on the fifth day of the hearing, after an expert witness told the court he believed Jack would have survived had he been treated properly.

Ms Taylor and Ms Amaro, who were among several hospital staff involved in his care, are now set to appear before the Nursing Midwifery Council.

The hearing is due to start on Thursday.

Ms Taylor is charged with failing to escalate concerns about Jack's condition adequately, and also with failing to ensure that Ms Amaro provided adequate care to the six-year-old.

Ms Amaro is charged with failing to provide an appropriate standard of care to Jack.

The charges she faces include not taking adequate observations, not escalating concerns about his condition and not adequately assisting him when he vomited into his oxygen mask.

She is also charged with failing to keep adequate records for Jack.

These records included a paediatric observation priority score chart, a daily fluid balance chart and a children's services prescription chart.

Jack's parents, Nicky, 40, and Vic, 48, are due to give evidence at the Nursing Midwifery Council hearing.